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DAMASCENING, or DAMASKEENING

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAMASCENING, or DAMASKEENING  , a
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term sometimes applied to the
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production of
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damask
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steel, but properly the
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art of in-crusting
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wire of
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gold (and sometimes of
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silver or
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copper) on the
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surface of
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iron, steel or
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bronze . The surface upon which the
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pattern is to be traced is finely undercut with a
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sharp
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instrument, and the gold
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thread by hammering is forced into and securely held by the
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minute furrows of the cut surface . This
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system of ornamentation is peculiarly
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Oriental, having been much practised by the
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early goldsmiths of
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Damascus, and it is still eminently characteristic of
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Persian
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metal
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work .

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This term is also applied to a more modern practise - the application of overlapping circular swirls to metal as a decoration - often seen on auto engines of the classic 1930's era. 'Engine-turning' is the term commonly used, and good examples of this can be seen on the aluminium engines and firewalls of Bugatti and similar automobles.
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